Production TestedSpeech-to-Text

Groq Whisper Large v3

Full Whisper v3 on Groq — same poor Arabic quality as the turbo variant.

Not Recommended

Same poor Arabic quality as the turbo variant. Whisper models on Groq are not viable for Arabic speech recognition.

The non-turbo Whisper Large v3 on Groq was tested as a fallback after the turbo variant failed. Arabic transcription quality remained poor, with even more inconsistent latency ranging from 32ms to 3.5 seconds.

Benchmarks

Latency

Avg EOU Delay32ms–3494ms
Best Case32ms
Worst Case3494ms

Quality

RatingPoor
Arabic Dialect Support
MSA

Described as 'still shit' in production testing. Non-turbo version did not improve quality.

Features

Hardware-accelerated inference
Full Whisper Large v3 model
Batch and real-time modes

PricingFree Tier Available

PlanPriceUnit
Free$0per minute

Integration

SDKs
PythonNode.js
API Style

REST (OpenAI-compatible)

Documentation

Verdict

Same poor Arabic quality as the turbo variant. Whisper models on Groq are not viable for Arabic speech recognition.

Best For

Pros

  • Free tier available
  • OpenAI-compatible API

Cons

  • Poor Arabic transcription quality
  • Extreme latency variance (32ms–3.5s)
  • No improvement over turbo variant for Arabic
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